The Iranian navy launched the seventh day of major naval drills in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Friday, with naval forces performing special heliborne operations, the local satellite Press TV reported.

The spokesman for the drills Rear Admiral Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi said that Friday’s exercises include attacks on predetermined targets at sea as well as tactical shootings at mock enemy targets, using different classes of speed boats.

Marine commandos also conducted free-fall parachute jumps from helicopters, said the report.